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Both sides react to upcoming immigration announcement

President Barack Obama will explain why he's going to sign an executive order to change the country's immigration system. We're talking to those on both sides of the issue in advance of the official announcement.

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Updated: 6:25 PM CST Nov 20, 2014

Both sides react to upcoming immigration announcement

President Barack Obama will explain why he's going to sign an executive order to change the country's immigration system. We're talking to those on both sides of the issue in advance of the official announcement.

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WEBVTT IN LESS THAN AN HOUR - PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL EXPLAIN áWHY HE'S GOING TO SIGN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO CHANGE THE COUNTRY'S IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. HIS ORDER.. WILL PREVENT FIVE MILLION ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM BEING DEPORTED. TONIGHT.. WE'RE GETTING REACTION FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE. K-E-T-V NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S MELISSA FRY JOINS US LIVE WITH THIS DEVELOPING STORY .... WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN WILL BE áHISTORIC... BUT áWHO GETS LEGAL STATUS...AND HOW WILL THIS AFFECT áYOU? WE'RE HEARING ALL SORTS OF SUGGESTIONS PRIOR TO THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH. ( Marty Ramirez: We've been waiting for decades. So the mere fact that something is going to happen is exciting.) MARTY RAMIREZ WOULD KNOW. HE WAS RAISED BY PARENTS WHO IMMIGRATED TO THE U.S....BUT NEVER BECAME CITIZENS. RAMIREZ SAYS CONGRESS HAS HAD YEARS TO ACT...BUT FAILED... SO HE HAS HIGH HOPES FOR THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN.( Marty idividuals some dignity to come out of the shadows.) DOUG KAGAN DISAGREES WITH UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS.( DOUG KAGAN: they'll say hey i'll just come into the united states illegally and i don't care because i'll get amnesty anyway .) KAGAN AND OTHER MEMBERS OF "TAXPAYERS FOR FREEDOM"...SAY THEY'LL RALLY - JUST AS THEY DID AT THE STATE CAPITAL THIS SUMMER... AT LEAST á60 MEMBERS SAY THEY'RE COMMITTED TO CALLING ON STATE CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TO TAKE ACTION áAGAINST THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN. KAGAN SAYS THE STATUS CHANGE COMES these five million people given amnesty would then be available for all the federal medical benefits, social AN IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY SAYS STATES WILL SEE AN INCREASE IN TAX REVENUES... SHE ARGUES ALREADY HERE...AND WON'T VOLUNTARILY LEAVE.( AMY PECK / IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY: What are we going to do - we can't deport this many people its not logical, its not feasible- and talk about expensive that would cost billions to do.) THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS TO THE NATION WILL START AT

Both sides react to upcoming immigration announcement

President Barack Obama will explain why he's going to sign an executive order to change the country's immigration system. We're talking to those on both sides of the issue in advance of the official announcement.